Food for the soul

Hello all!

Temperatures in London have plummeted in the last few days and everyone's feeling a little worse for wear, so I'm making Georgie's chicken soup from the How To video we launched this morning (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBxo5GimGHw) for the food team's lunch.

What are your go-to recipes for when you're feeling a little bit downtrodden? Not necessarily 'food for colds', but just generally when one's in need of a bit of comfort. I'm generally very fond of a spicy butternut squash, carrot and sweet potato (spiced with chili and cinnamon) soup recipe I published on my blog last year. How about you?

M x

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Re: Food for the soul

well ...at the moment I have red peppers and tomatoes roasting in the oven with a bulb of garlic ready to make some soup , I usually blacken the peppers on the BBQ before then peel them before I make soup but today I am taking a but of a short cut.Re ppepper and tomato soup is always a favorite .

Butternut squash soup Parsnip with a few cury spices is lovely n a chilly day.and of course leek and potato spup is a real winter warmer and great comfort food as well.

cauliflower cheese is a great comfort food as well or a lovey rissotto .

Re: Food for the soul

Lentil soup or Shepherd's pie, maybe? But really, the most comforting thing is buttered toast/crumpets/whatever and a milky drink, e.g. hot chocolate. I've been experimenting with masala chai recently, great stuff for a cold day.

Re: Food for the soul

I usually cheer up making the most yellow polenta to go with everything: stravecchio cheese, fried eggs, a pan of fresh cropped savoy(??) cabbage boiled and stirfried with oil and garlic, adding slowly their boiled in water

or doing in 15 mins the little ricotta pancakes I learnt from Maria Sorokina's blog called syrniki, they fill you with sweet good food and joy

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